Pencil-holder.



G. A. KNAPP.

PENCIL HOLDER.

APPLICATION mso DEc.21. |917.

1,277,732, Patented sept. 3,1918.

inn lsnins GLENNA. Kmart, orrrnnino, COLORADO.

Lerares,

' `.Application ,filed December27, 1917., Serial No. 209,114.

T0 all whom t mag/concern Be it known that I, GLENN A'. KNAPP, citizen of the United States, residing at f Pueblo, in the county ,ofsPueblo4 and State 0f Colorado, 'have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pencil-Holders;`

j and Ido hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, land exact description of the f invention, suchns will` enable othersskilledV in the` artfto which it appertains to make st-rvucted that-they automatically retract, and

it is further a purpose of theinvention to provide means yfor automatically setting the hooks ofthe device so thatdanger or injury tothe user maybe eliminated asy far as possible, and another object of the invention is topprovide adevice of this type of few, sinr ple, and-'therefore inexpensively manufacturedparts, and one which may be readily applied. Q;y 1 With-the laboveand:other lobjects inl view as will be rendered manifest, the invention consists in the whole, the construction, the combination, and in details and arrangements` of the elemei'its`- as more particularly described hereinafter, one embodiment of the inventionbeing illustratedv in the accom-l panying drawing in which: J1 Figure 1 isa perspective of the device as applied and in use. j

Fig. 2 is a front perspective of the device with the pencil removed.

Fig. 3 is a perspective of the rear of the device.

Fig. 4l is a longitudinal central section through the holder, showing the normal retracted positionof the hooks.

Fig. 5 is a similar Vsection showing the hooks as substantially projected for engagement with the garment, a portion of which is shown in dotted lines.

Fig. 6 is a perspective ofthe connected hooks removed from the shell.

, l y PENCIL-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent. Y ,Patented Sepijp,l 1918,

is; a i itis folded.

, Fig. 8 shows detailed views plan side'elevation ofthe `detached upperlhook.

Plan View fith Shell hefee l In ther'embodiment of the invention hereishewn, a shell of sheetmetal or othersuitable material, which may be folded up from a Yblank indicated in Fig. 7y at B, comprises an integral back structure4 2 with marginal side leaves 3 3, which are shown@as,1`of,l j,

curvilineal ,outline,A these being adapted, .when rolled intotubrular form, toproduce in front of the back 2, as shown in F ig. 2, a chamber into which may be readily inserted a pen holder, pencil, or other similar.

which the body'ef the pen. holder or pencil arti clesto be held, the upperedge of the back 2 being provided with a-lip 4LL extendingy forwardly having' a straight edge 5,vr againsty will rest while the lower end of the pencil 1 willbe supported against a lower lippedge,

i formed` by overl apped. tonguesy 6 6,- which,

when folded together, forni an aperture Y in li'n'e with a longitudinal recess 8, extending up the back 2.

For the purposefof readily comiecting` the shell orholder to the fabric or Vpiece ofwearing apparel to which the holder is to 'be attached, there projects through the aperture hook pin 10, the Vpoint 11 of which .is dis- `posed to project rearwardly from the back of the plane and reacting between thelip' and the head 12 of the pinA 10, thereis a coil spring 13 which automatically acts to contract the hook 11 upwardlytoward the bottom of the'shell. The coil spring 13 occupies apposition- Yin* the Vlongitudinal recess yor groove8 in the back of the shell. In the upperV endv in theback of the shell; which fis ,.inclined forwardlyV and upwardly at the 1inA this form, at the bottom 'of the fshell a` Y be held in such position as to avoid yaccidental hooking or injury to adjacent objects or the'user. To accomplish this, the spring 18 isV shown as extended abovel the head 12 of the pin and connectedl to the crotch of the shanks 16, the length and angular disposition. of this extension 13 of the s rin tendin to ull the hooks outwardly P g g P against the upper -port-ion of the back 2.

In the application of the device, the user simply presses the shell against the surface of the garment with an upward movement so that the hook 11 is caused to move down- Wardly and compress the spring 13, which places the flexible connection 13a under tension, and thus pulls dovvn or locks the lever- .shaped hooks l5 in their bearings at the apertures 14, causing them to assume the position shown in F ig. 5, and enables them' to be readilypressed into the garment material, whereupon, by releasing the shell, the hooks 11 and 15 again contract relatively, and firmly attach themselves and the holder to the garment.

Having described my invention, What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A pencil holder adaptable for attachment to fabric material, comprising a shell having yieldable front leaves forming a` chamber for a pencil, a hooking device pivoted in the upper end of the shell and projecting to the rear thereof, and a rear khook at the bottom of the shell.

2. A pencil holder adaptable for attachment to fabric material, comprising av shell having yieldable front leaves forming a chamber for a pencil, a hooking device pivotedin the upper end of the shell andgprojecting to the rear thereof, and a rearhook at the bottom of the shell, said hooks being yieldingly connected. y

3. `A pencil holder adaptable for attachment to fabric material, comprising a shell having a pair of complementary yieldable leaves to embrace a pencil, the upper and lower ends of the shell having forwardly extending lips against which the pencil is held by the leaves.

4. A pencil holder adaptable for'attachment to fabric material, comprising a pencil receiving shell, and yieldingly connected hooks at opposite ends of and extending rearwardly ,through the shell.

5. A pencil holder adaptable for attachment to fabric material, comprising a pencil receiving shell, and yieldingly connected hooks movably supported in opposite ends of the shell.

6. A pencil holder adaptable for attachment to fabric material, comprising a receiver, hooks mounted on the receiver ends, and flexible means extending along the receiver for contracting the hooks.

'i'.y A pencil holder adaptable for attachment to fabric material, comprising a shell having a longitudinally grooved back, and front resilient leaves to embrace a pencil. a spring seated on the lower end of the shell and lying in the groove, a pin supported by the spring and having a hook in front of one end of the shell, a hook pivoted in the opposite end of the shell back, and connected to said pin.

8. A pencil holder adaptable for attachment to fabric material, comprising a shell having a longitudinally grooved back, and front resilient leaves to embrace a pencil, a spring seated on the lower end of the shell and lying in the groove, a pin supported by the spring and having a hook in front of one end of the shell, a hook pivoted in they opposite end ofthe shell back, and connected to said pin by an extension of said spring.

9. `A pencil holder adaptable for attachment to fabric material, comprising` a shell having a longitudinally grooved back, and front resilient leaves to embrace a pencil, 4a spring seated on the lower end of the shell and lying in the groove, a pin supported by the spring and having a hook in front of one end of the shell, a hook pivoted in the opposite end of the shell back, and connected to said pin by an extension of said spring, said-extension tending normally to retract the hook.

In testimony whereof I aliix my signature.

GLENN A. KNAPP.

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